linux-kernel - [PATCH] vfs: ensure page symlinks are NUL-terminated

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Date:	Tue, 16 Dec 2008 15:51:54 +0000
From:	"Duane Griffin" <duaneg@...da.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, Duane Griffin <duaneg@...da.com>,
	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: [PATCH] vfs: ensure page symlinks are NUL-terminated

On-disk data corruption could cause a page link to have its i_size set
to PAGE_SIZE (or a multiple thereof) and its contents all non-NUL.
NUL-terminate the link name to ensure this doesn't cause further
problems for the kernel.

Cc: Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Duane Griffin <duaneg@...da.com>
---
 fs/namei.c |    7 +++++--
 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index af3783f..2416922 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -2750,13 +2750,16 @@ int vfs_follow_link(struct nameidata *nd, const char *link)
 /* get the link contents into pagecache */
 static char *page_getlink(struct dentry * dentry, struct page **ppage)
 {
-	struct page * page;
+	char *kaddr;
+	struct page *page;
 	struct address_space *mapping = dentry->d_inode->i_mapping;
 	page = read_mapping_page(mapping, 0, NULL);
 	if (IS_ERR(page))
 		return (char*)page;
 	*ppage = page;
-	return kmap(page);
+	kaddr = kmap(page);
+	nd_terminate_link(kaddr, dentry->d_inode->i_size, PAGE_SIZE - 1);
+	return kaddr;
 }
 
 int page_readlink(struct dentry *dentry, char __user *buffer, int buflen)
-- 
1.6.0.4

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